The Impact of Rational Governance Indicators on the Jordanian Public Debt 1996-2012
Abdelsalam Enjadat and Omar Khtherat, Department of Political Science, Balqa Applied University, Jordan.
Abstract
The study aimed at identifying the relationship between Jordanian Public debt and rational governance indicators during the period 1996-2012 and studying the progress level of rational governance indicators in Jordan, as well as the development of general debt. The study was based on the hypothesis that Public debt as a dependent factor decreases as progress and improvement of rational governance indicators increase as an independent factor. To achieve the aims and hypotheses of the study, the researchers used the statistical analytical approach for testing the relationship between indicators through the use of multiple regression analysis with stable impact. The results of the study concluded that there is a statistically significant correlation between Public debt indicator and the following rational governance indicators (the right of expression and questioning, political stability, corruption perception). These results conform to the comparisons carried out in previous tables. That is to say, there was a strong correlation between rational governance indicators and Public debt indicators whereas there was no significant relationship between the indicators of government efficiency and the burden of organization and control. However, the results showed that the significant correlation between rational governance indicators and Public debt indicators differ from one indicator to another, depending on how effective the indicator is. For example, the indicators of the right of expression and questioning, political stability and corruption perception do not have a moral statistically significant effect on Public debt. The researchers ascribed the reason to the weakness of political structures with democratic tendency and these indicators are not suitable for the culture and the environment of the Jordanian society.